Vehicle-top bow-holder.



U. L. BAIR.

VEHICLE TOP BOW HOLDER.

APPLIOATION IILBD JULY 2,1906.

967,305. Patented Aug. 16,1910.

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7 0,1... mm. VEEIULE TOP BGW HGLHJEfi APPLICATION FILED. JULYIQ, 1806.

mememu 16,1918.

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' form-shown is a substantia I any suitable mater al, and, prefereb ymade channeled in cross seetlon,

CLARENCE 2h.

citizen of the United 3 hide-to shaking of e vehicle-mp.

the stock is in. glec'elie opposite the seizeml gated 'flenged foot 4, which embraces 1 the under side of the lowermost how I nishes. ahempie .end jsecure- "The e PATENT-OFFICE.

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Application he 1:11:1 06- 'fi ial n .3 e To all whom'it maycomem: Y L J toot 4 is secured. to; thelo'ody of the vehicle, Be it known that LGLARENGE LJBAJgc, a; suitable manner; here, shown as be- States, residin in, the ing'nveted t0 a bracket arm 5 which is 'supcit-y and county of San Francisco, tatejof posed "toextendfrom the vehicle body. California; ha've invented el-new and useful 6 isaiseparator, strap. The lower end of Vehicle Top Bow H01der; and I hereby dethis stra' 1s riveted to' the 'foot 4', as. seen' in clere the followingtobe'a full, clear, and Fig. 2. lhe strap thence passes up around exeet description of the same. 'thejmi ermosfi'bow and through the lower- My invention-relates toftheelass of vel'nost stock-hole;--thenceheck through the s, in -which, byzreas'on of pivotelly 'next stock-hole and around the next how, mo t si,de' .bqws,'the to is aria, ted, when and thence forward thr'ou h the same hole out of USBytObQ folded aokb 'hen thus and back again through t e ext hole end foldedth'e bows rest upon each other and dea d the next bow, "and so on to the top velop, under the strains of vehicle trevel, 'wherel engages a buckle 7,.carried in the considerable friction and chafing. is top .of the stockg'whereby it may be tight especiallytrue of automohil tofis rwhieh, by? ened on' the' bows." The strap 6 thus forms e reason of their- ,weight' and t 'e' excessive series -of separators'for the. bows,'i ts1oops t hi h the x o d, are s b-.. separately supporting saldgb'o ws The-bows ject to greet how-friction joften resulting in are thus prevented from chafing contact and V are held. securely-so that neit er they nor the breaking of bows and rivets. v The object of myinvention is toprovide-a h l rgv s e li blqt b k-,j

,Hqvmg'thusdescnbed ny mventiomwhet older readily a p 'liceble tothe'bows'of the V hICE holder .will separate the 1 mm asnpw and desire to ecurey t-f portthe We' ht o'f ters Patentus epreventiiig'fe fin vehlele-top'bow-holder comprlsm' aj 'seri'esof bow-separators end-means for he (1: I t I v ing how separators in plac'e To these endsmy, inv ention-oomists lin 91;] A v hlclef op 'boywhoidereompr smg'e series of bow -separators and means'to hold r 'bqwr par s-eqd .m gns-eem nqn them infilacefas I shall'lhereiuafiser fully 311 seldjseparetorsfor. hol llmg';iih' I1' i l-j" describe reereliceto t e'aceom an -.-'.P, i J drewing s 1n "which P y vehicle top,bow' holder-zeomprflfi w form ofmyiholderh t s" t ow-s pa e rs' under- 611' s;

In these drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation kfi d of my heldergshewihg it applied to the'bo'w'sm P QP I, v F 2 i ed 'j-view,fl A vehicle-toebow-holder com llglllg e v partlyin' section; of thesameg; Fi 3 is, e' ofj e ep sw toc h ymg front'view of the'sto'ek of the hol er, with Q ngag g th lowerm st-' the-separator strap removed. 4 is a b w! d fik ngeg g 89 e; P '3;9 'cross-sectionof said stock. P

to-hoid the nm v N l is the stock of the holdrywhidlin th A vehlcletop' bow'holdar com Hyri'gid lateiof bows, and separatel su each, with the res t o I have represented one r s ta strap, loo ed sepfiml'thghhout eeeh ow efi d 2 means for engaging t strap to h'ol'd' it on as shownin Fi d f The stock 1 1S- 6- A; vehicle-top bow-holder:-com%ns ng a. r'

' 'strepllooped'seperately about each 0w arid a stock with holes through which the strap. is ,woven in its'eoursmiw held'on thebows, v v Q17."A' Yehile-tog bow-ho er eolh' ris' :i" .stra loo desperately aboiitje A 11 iiwit holes through uhich-ithe strap 4, for the-sake of stiflness. formed with a series of holes-2, whlch when bows 3 ofthe top;- as seen in The base of the stbck is provided .wit anielon-fi and fur-- erebyits loops are 106' is 'woven in its course, whereby its loops are held on the-bows,'means at one end of the stockto secure one "end ,of the strap and -means at its other end to adjustably connect the other end of the strap.

8. 'A vehicle-top bow-holder comprising a stock having a foot to e age'the lowermost bow, and a fastening device at its top, said stock havin secured to t e foot of the stock and thence carried around the bows and through the holes in the stock to form a series of caug- 'ing sndseparating loops for the bows,

top of the strap being edjustably connected with the fastening in the top of the stock.

9. A device of-the classflesorihed coni- Qovgsoa a support for said a series of holes, and e streptwo witnesses.

11. A vehicle top bow holder comprising a rigid supporting plate and a series of bow separators connected to said plate.

In testimony whereof I have signed my 5 nsmeto'this specification in the presence of CLARENCE L. BAIR.

Witnesses:

"ALENTINE LAPLANCH, Gno. N. MURR. 

